1877: Australia win the first ever Test match at Melbourne by defeating England by 45 runs. Australian left-arm spinner Tom Kendall (7-55) became the first bowler to take seven wickets in Test cricket.

1907: Indian batsman and keeper Dilawar Hussain (3 Tests from 1934 to 1936) was born.

1954: For the second and last time, all the three famous ‘Ws’ – Weekes (206), Worrell (167) and Waclcott (124) scored hundreds in the same innings for the West Indies – against England at Port of Spain.

1958: West Indian left-hander Gary Sobers scores 109 not out against Pakistan at Georgetown after scoring 365 not out and 125 against this team in the previous two innings to bring his aggregate to 599 runs in three innings.

1947: England’s Walter Hammond (79) top-scored for his team in his last Test innings – against New Zealand at Christchurch. He extended his then record Test aggregate to 7249 runs in 85 Tests.

1965: India needing to score 70 runs in an hour, won with 13 minutes to spare by seven wickets against New Zealand at Delhi. S Venkataraghavan who took eight wickets in the first innings claimed 12 wickets in the match.

1968: West Indian batsman Suruj Ragoonath (2 Tests in 1999) was born.

1971: Pakistani off-spinner Arshad Khan since 1997 was born.

1997: Australian Ian Healy, playing in his 88th Test against South Africa at Centurion became the second keeper (after Rod Marsh) in Test history to take 300 dismissals.

1999: Gary Kirsten (3476 runs) became South Africa’s highest run scorer in Tests – against New Zealand at Wellington. He bettered Bruce Mitchell’s aggregate of 3471 runs.

1962: Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi led India in place of injured Nari Contractor against West Indies at Bridgetown to become the youngest ever captain in Test history at 21 years and 77 days!

1968: Indian pace bowler Atul Wassan (4 Tests in 1990) was born.

1968: England captain and batsman Mike Atherton since 1989 was born.

1973: Australian Doug Walter (112) scores 100 runs out of 130 runs between lunch and tea against West Indies at Port of Spain.

1980: Australian Allan Border scores 153 in the second innings against Pakistan at Lahore after scoring 150 in the first. He became the only batsman in Test history to score 150-plus in each innings of a Test match.

1994: Kapil Dev in his last Test match (131st ) claims his 434th wicket (Adam Parore) – against New Zealand at Hamilton.